(Minghui.org) China's state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience has drawn the attention of mainstream Australia, especially after the release of the new investigation report by David Kilgour, former Canadian Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific; human rights lawyer David Matas; and senior reporter Ethan Gutmann in late June 2016. People are calling on the Australian government to help stop the crime.

Over 5000 Postcards Sent to Members of Parliament

Falun Gong practitioners in Sydney had postcards printed to help people learn about the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) live organ harvesting after the new report was released. They hoped the postcards would be mailed to Members of Parliament (Mps) to urge the government to take action to stop the crime. Within just one month, over 5000 postcards were sent to the MPs in New South Wales alone.

Responding to their constituents, several MPs wanted more details. MP Craig Kelly of Hughes District said that a man in his 70s came to his office with a postcard and expressed his concern over the CCP's live organ harvesting. He left only after the office staff person assured him that MP Kelly had paid attention to the live organ harvesting and supported Falun Gong's effort to resist the persecution.

Documentary Hard to Believe Draws Warm Response

The documentary Hard to Believe was released for public viewing in Event Cinemas in downtown Sydney on August 3, 2016. More than 250 people saw the show despite a downpour.

The film was shown in the South Wales Parliament next day to a full house. The viewers asked the after-show panel of experts many questions about the live organ harvesting in the open discussion. They even put forward suggestions to raise awareness of the issue and stop the crime.

Professor Maria Fiatarone Singh of the University of Sydney said she was also a physician. She regarded the doctors in China involved in this type of organ transplantation as murderers, not colleagues. She encouraged the viewers to call their doctors and ask them to speak out on the issue.

University of Sydney-trained physician Huang Jiefu, former Vice Minister of China's Ministry of Health, brought the skills of organ transplantation back to China and became a leader in the organ transplant trade.

MP David Shoebridge moderated the open discussion in the New South Wales Parliament.

David Shoebridge, New South Wales Parliament MP, moderated the open discussion in the parliament. He said, “It is hard to believe that a society with over a quarter of the world's population could allow such killing. We cannot keep silent.”

MP Shoebridge said that the people of New South Wales are part of the issue. He recalled a story a surgeon once told him of one of his colleagues who asked him how to deal with the patients who had been to China for a transplant. The colleague had a patient who had waited for an organ in Australia for a long time. The patient called the doctor and said, “I won't see you next Monday, because I am going to China. There are suitable donors for me there.”

MP Shoebridge said that this was a fact all over the world and why a bill in New South Wales was needed to stop transplantation tourism. He encouraged the viewers to bring up the issue with their MPs in their districts and urge the government to pass the bill.

Australian human rights lawyer Nathan Kennedy

Australian human rights lawyer Nathan Kennedy said that if Jacob Lavee, a physician in Israel, could establish a code in Israel to stop organ transplantation tourism, it could also be done in Australia. He urged the viewers to express their concern to their MPs and move the issue forward. He said, “None of us has any reason to ignore this issue.”

真相: Hong Kong: Members of the Public Condemn Organ Harvesting and Other Brutalities against Falun Gong in Mainland China

August 24, 2016 | By Zheng Yuyan, a Minghui correspondent in Hong Kong

(Minghui.org) While the Transplantation Society held its 26th International Congress at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, a group outside the venue made great efforts to focus attention on the state-sanctioned organ harvesting atrocities that continue to this day in China. The conference and the accompanying demonstration out front was held over the period of August 18 to 23.

The group outside were Falun Gong practitioners, raising awareness of the fact that hundreds of thousands of prisoners of conscience, most of whom practice the spiritual discipline of Falun Gong, are believed to have been murdered for their organs throughout China. The organs are harvested and sold in a vast state-supported organ transplantation scheme.

They displayed banners and posters documenting the reality of forced organ harvesting, aiming to cause organ transplant experts attending the conference to pay more attention to this horrific crime against humanity that is taking place in China today.

A rally and march on August 21 shed light on the facts behind the persecution of Falun Gong, which has been persecuted in China since 1999.

Falun Gong practitioners hold banners at the rally in front of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre where the Transplantation Society held its 26th International Congress. They demanded an end to organ harvesting atrocities in China, in which hundreds of thousands of prisoners of conscience are believed to have been killed for their organs.

Falun Gong rally outside the Hong Kong government complex on August 21.

A grand march from Kowloon to Tsim Sha Tsui. The two-and-a-half-hour-long procession highlighted the benefits of the practice and its popularity around the world. It also laid bare the brutality of the persecution in China.

The Benefits of Falun Gong, the Horrors of the Persecution

After their rally outside of the Hong Kong government complex, the practitioners marched for two-and-a-half hours from Kowloon to Tsim Sha Tsui.

The march was led by the Tian Guo Marching Band and consisted of five different sections. One section aimed at clarifying the facts of the persecution and of organ harvesting. Another section asked people to speak out against the persecution and to protect basic human rights. Yet another section showed the benefits of the practice and noted that over 100 million people around the world have embraced it.

Falun Gong practitioners march on August 21

Spectators’ Words of Support

In the opinion of Mr. Leung, a spokesperson from the North District Parallel Imports Concern Group, forced organ harvesting is a “crime against humanity” and the UN should intervene. He encouraged everyone to pay attention and speak out against it, saying that public pressure was the best way to end it.

Mr. He immigrated to Hong Kong from China’s Guangdong Province 30 years ago. He said that Hong Kong was peaceful and prosperous before the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took over. He said that he was always happy to see Falun Gong parades. Though it hurt him when he saw the photos about the persecution, he still enjoyed the march.

Zhao, a senior at Hong Kong University, said that he had heard about the practice of organ harvesting from living prisoners in China. He just didn't know how heinous the crime was. He asked for more fliers to show to his friends.

As a 70-year-old man was taking literature from a practitioner, several members of the pro-CCP Hong Kong Youth Care Association tried to interfere, threatening violence. Undeterred, the old man took the information and denounced those who were interfering, saying, “I moved to Hong Kong because I know that the Party is completely rotten. Please don’t defame Falun Gong!”

A man named Jiang, a high school student from Shenzhen, China, said that there was only one voice about Falun Gong in China and that was the Party’s. “I hope that there are more activities like (the parade) so that people from China can see how different (Falun Gong) is from the news,” Jiang said. “I am absolutely against this violent crime. It violates everyone's rights – no one is safe if it continues.”

A man named Liu, also from Shenzhen, said that he believed that the reports of organ harvesting were true and very serious. “The crimes that the CCP has committed have violated everyone's rights for a long time.”

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(Minghui.org) “Texas for Truth,” an organization based in Georgetown, Texas, invited Falun Gong practitioners to present information about the persecution of Falun Gong at its weekly meeting on June 10.

Falun Gong practitioners were invited to a meeting of “Texas for Truth” on June 10, 2017.

Two short documentaries—one an introduction to Falun Gong and the other about the state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting from jailed Falun Gong practitioners in China—were screened.

Appalled to learn of this “unprecedented crime” of state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting, every person in the audience wanted to know more.

Among the questions they asked were: “Why is the Chinese Communist Party persecuting Falun Gong.” “Do any Americans go to China for organ transplants?” and “What has the American government done to stop the crime of forced organ harvesting in China?”

Some of those in attendance had seen the documentary “Free China” at a previous event, but they learned more about the persecution at Saturday’s meeting.

Afterward, they were interested in the printed information the practitioners had brought. Some took copies for other members who couldn't make the event.

The practitioners declined to accept any donations. “We don't take donations. We just hope you will tell more people the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong,” one practitioner said.

Some members of the organization suggested channels and opportunities to clarify the truth to the government and other organizations.

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